Bangka Island Massacre 75 year anniversary

Rachel Baxter
Updated February 17 2017 - 3:29pm, first published 1:29pm
Australian Sister Kath Neuss was gunned down in the Bangka Island Massacre. Photo: Supplied to SMH.
Australian Sister Kath Neuss was gunned down in the Bangka Island Massacre. Photo: Supplied to SMH.

As the sun rose over Bangka Island in 1942 – an Inverell war nurse was unaware that later that day she would fall victim to a massacre that ranks among the bloodiest and most infamous war crimes carried out by the Japanese during World War II.

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Rachel Baxter

Rachel Baxter

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